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The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 Welcome to Rockhurst & KFest 2007! Thank YOU for participating and supporting KansasFest 2007 - Without YOUR support we could not do this once again. Everyone helps. Thank you again! Meals -- All meals are in the Rockhurst Cafeteria, Massman Hall. Breakfast: 0800 - 0900 Lunch: 1200 - 1300 Dinner: 1700 - 1800 Telephones, Towels and Checkout If you brought a cellular telephone with you, you can hook it up in your room to the electric outlet, or turn it off and shove it in a drawer, to not be bothered. You wonít need to ask the staff for the phone number, as you should already know yours. (A blast from KFest Pasts). Please stack up your linens at checkout and return them to the collection cart whos location will be pointed out during the week. We are in charge of the linens ourselves this year and they need to be handled separately. Checkout is by 11AM or so on Sunday morning. Please do not loose any key cards. They cost $50 to replace. We did good last year and returned them all. Lets show the uni- versity students how to do it. KFest Registration Your room asignments and key cards will be issued by Rockhurst staff at Xavier-Loyola Hall, you should enter the campus from 54th and Troost and proceed to the soccer field- where we are located next to the bleachers. Youíre key card will give you access to the Town Home parking lot which is accessable off The Paseo. Legend: XL Xavier-Loyola Hall (Lobby area) SAC Student Activity Center (Across the field) MH Massman Hall CF Cafeteria - Massman Hall KS Kansas City Area MCI Mickey Mouse Communications July 17th - 22nd, 2007 - Rockhurst University - Kansas City, MO. The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 Officially scheduled events are open only to registered attendees excluding Saturday's events which are open to the public. Pikop `N Tossov will be on the watch at other times. Visitors are permit- ted at times other than officially scheduled events, and are generally not permitted to be in the vicinity of scheduled events. Tuesday, July 17th 0800 - KC Pikop `N Endropov 1100 - 1600 XL Registration 1830 - 2230 ST Sweet Tomatoes Dinner Outing Wednesday, July 18th 0700 - SAC HackFest 2007 Begins 0800 - 0900 CF Breakfast at Rockhurst 0900 - 1230 XL Open Forum & Wind up the air conditioning. 1200 - 1400 XL The Great KFest Kookout. 1300 - 1400 XL Late Registration at Xavier-Loyola Hall Computer setup, get your internet fix. Turn on the A/C and fill the ice chests.If you didn't yet, you will now. 1400 - 1545 SAC KansasFest 2007 Keynote - David Szetela 1st Editor-in-Chief, Nibble Magazine 1600 - 1645 SAC A2Central’s BBS - The Apple II way, Telnet, In’s & Outs- No burgers here. - Sean Fahey 1700 CF Supper at Rockhurst 1815 SAC BBS: The Documentary - Presented by Ken Gagne 2000 XL Juiced.GS Reception - “BYOB” - Pizza Gnomes of Kansas City Thursday, July 19th 0800 - 0900 CF Breakfast at Rockhurst 0900 - 1000 SAC A Walk Through- The Marinetti Open Source Project - Andrew Roughan 1010 - 1110 SAC Medical Images and OsiriX - Austin Phelps 1115 - 1200 SAC CBC: The Lens, presents: Spam. The Documentary July 17th - 22nd, 2007 - Rockhurst University - Kansas City, MO. The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 - Presented by Tony Diaz Thursday, July 19th continued 1200 - 1300 CF Lunch at Rockhurst 1315 - 1445 SAC An Introduction to ORCA - Eric Shepherd 1430 - 1530 SAC Getting Started with ORCA - Eric Shepherd 1500 - 1545 SAC A2 Unplugged - LIVE - Ryan Suenaga 1600 - 1700 SAC Real Sound for 8-Bit Apple II’s - Michael Mahon 1700 CF Supper at Rockhurst 1800 SAC iPhone Demonstration - Today in iPhone with Rob Walch 2000 KC ? Apple Store Outing ? 2100 XL Check out others' hardware, software, and computers. Get help with yours, explore Internet, play Bite the Bag, etc. Friday, July 20th 0800 - 0900 SAC Breakfast at Rockhurst 0900 - 1000 SAC NadaNet for Apple II Networking - Michael Mahon 1010 - 1110 SAC Selected Softdisc Games - Bruce Baker 1115 - 1200 SAC Power User Tricks - IIgs, Macintosh and .. - Tony Diaz 1200 CF Lunch at Rockhurst 1315 - 1345 SAC Soldering 101 - Ed Eastman 1400 - 1500 SAC System 6.0.1 for Dummies - Geoff Weiss July 17th - 22nd, 2007 - Rockhurst University - Kansas City, MO. The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 1515 - 1615 SAC Introduction to FreeBSD (the Mac OS X Unix) - Tim Kellers Friday, July 20th continued 1700 MH The Thirtieth Anniversary of the Apple II - Dinner Celebration MH Black Tie Contest, Door Contest, Contest Contest and More Hava Blast - a bit of KFest Past and the Apple II recaped. 2000 - Movie, help or get help, check out Internet. Saturday, July 21st 0800 - 0900 CF Breakfast at Rockhurst 0930 SAC Suck Free Zone - Ryan Suenaga 0950 SAC Podcasting 1MHz, er, 101 - Carrington Vanston 1040 SAC A2 Unplugged - LIVE, Again! Come on back for More! 1200 CF Lunch at Rockhurst 1315 SAC Awarding of HackFest 2007 Prizes 1415 XL/ SAC Swap Meet/Vendor's Fair/Special offers 1830 - ? KS Informal trip to a local restaurant Check out others' computers, get help with yours, explore Internet, check out new software and hardware Sunday, July 22nd 0800 - 0900 CF Breakfast at Rockhurst 1100 - 1300 XL Move out of the dorms. 1300 XL Latest time for checkout. Please turn in your card to a KFest committee member or check out with the RA desk at X-L. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO TURN IN YOUR KEY and CARD. They could cost us $100 !!! 1300 - ? You are free (not FREE) to spend the afternoon visiting with old and new friends, exploring Kansas City, etc. The KFest Schedule of Events has been brought to you by the KGB and The Hardware Store. Every 27th customer gets a ballpien hammer free! Õ July 17th - 22nd, 2007 - Rockhurst University - Kansas City, MO. The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 Presenter: Ryan Suenaga Topic: Suck Free Zone 2007 Platform: Apple IIgs Ryan Suenaga is trying to continue his streak of KansasFests with a product to release, thereby eliminating the KansasFest Curse of Sheppy, which states that a developer who doesn't have a prod- uct to release at KansasFest sucks. Will he avoid being a vacuum cleaner reasonable facsimile again in 2007? Or will he be worth the same as a 50 cent ten minute job at the local gas station? .,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,. Presenter: Austin C Phelps Topic: Medical Images and OsiriX Platform: Mac Explore the state of digital in the world of medical images, including how standards evolved and a history of development. Samples of digital medical images will be demonstrated using medical image viewers such as the open source DICOM viewer OsiriX for Mac OS X. Õ ì (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) ì Presenter: Sean Fahey Topic: A2Central's BBS (telnet) ins and outs Platform: Mac/Windows Interactive demonstration of A2Central's BBS, plus info on how to join, and use its e-mail, news and FTP file sections. Also there will be additional discussion on future plans, and feature requests from users. Õ .,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,. Presenter: Ed Eastman Topic: Soldering 101 Learn the basics of soldering and maybe pick up some technique. We'll review the equipment needed and cover some quick, practical demonstrations. Bring your equipment and soldering projects and we'll have some practice soldering and desoldering. Hands on opportunities will be available for those interested. Õ Presenter: Andrew Roughan Topic: A walk through the Marinetti Open Source Project Platform: Apple II/Mac/Win The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 This session will provide an in depth guide to the tools and artifacts that comprise the Marinetti Open Source Project. It will cover what it takes to look at the source code, make a change, build the component and build an installer, including interactions with CVS. There will also be some discussion of the techniques that have been used to move source between Sourceforge and the IIgs development environment. Õ ì (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) ì Presenter: Michael Mahon Topic: NadaNet for Apple II networking Platform: Apple II Presenting an introduction to NadaNet, a native Apple II network for experiments in parallel pro- gramming that is easily accessible from Applesoft. Both how NadaNet works and how it is used will be shown, and its speed and ease of use will be demonstrated. The AppleCrate and various NadaNet servers will also be discussed. Õ .,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,.,;|;,. Presenter: Michael Mahon Topic: Real Sound for 8-bit Apple II's Platform: Apple II Presenting the techniques available for making sounds on the Apple II, with an emphasis on soft- ware-DAC methods for creating much richer and more complex sounds than the usual speaker toggling methods. The presentation will include demonstrations and examples of the various methods and the tradeoffs involved in using them. Õ ì (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) ì Presenter: Ryan Suenaga Topic: A2 Unplugged Live! July 17th - 22nd, 2007 - Rockhurst University - Kansas City, MO. The Power ][ Be Your Best -=- II Infinitum -=- KansasFest 2007 Join the first anniversary of the birth of A2Unplugged for a live session with Ryan Suenaga. Grab the microphone yourself and add your own mark to the Apple II podcast. Covering KansasFest since 2007! Õ ì (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) (---) ì Presenter: Eric Shepherd Topic: Intro to ORCA Platform: Apple IIgs/Mac If you've wanted to get set up to try some Apple II programming with ORCA but don't know where to begin, this session is for you. Apple II programmer Eric Shepherd will show you how to install the ORCA environment, how to configure it, and how to use the ORCA shell to get started with your first programming project.